Yannis Ifantis, Poems, (Translated from the Greek by Yannis Goumas)
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LESSON
For ten years the Achaeans
stormed Troy —
as spermatozoa storm an ovum
as souls storm the sun
and bats the moon — as
for ten years the Achaeans
stormed Troy.
And on the tenth, the lucky
leap year
that wretched wooden horse
forced its way in like a penis
and the Achaeans conquered Troy.
So what?
BILIETO (Iraklion), Nos. 7-8, July 2005 – June 2006.
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CIRCE
She reckoned it would do her good to get out. So she opened the fridge
unhooked her flesh, put in on
glanced at herself in the moon
hanging by the mouth of the cave
and proceeded downhill.
— Where is she going?
— She’s coming to throw acorns at you, mates!
BILIETO (Iraklion), Nos. 7-8, July 2005 – June 2006.
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